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LONG ISLAND'S 



Domestic Architecture 

Old Churches 

Mills 




SPECIAL EXHIBITION 



Fridays 2 to 5 P. M. 
April 9 to June 11 (Inclusive) 1920 



HUNTINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY 



HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK 



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THE ILLUSTRATIONS 

in this Catalogue are from 
"The Refugees of 1776 from 
Long Island to Connecti- 
cut," by courtesy of Mr. 
Frederic Gregory Mather. 

Gift 

SocletF 

AfAY 8 1920 



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ARCHITECTURE 



Three Famous Types. 

The influence of these three houses upon domestic archi- 
tecture in America is nation-iwide. 

*1, a-b. Fairbanks, 1636, Dedham, Mass. The oldest 
wooden ihouse now standing in America. "Ttie true 
American Home." 

*2, a-f. Pierce-Spencer, 1651, Newbury, Mass. English in- 
fluence — cruciform. 

*3, a-i. Mount Vernon, 1743, Fairfax Co., Va. Exact 
model preserved in National Museum. 



President Washington's Tour on Long Island — April, 1790. 

4. Dining-table from Ketc'ham home at Huntington South 
(Amityrille) April 21. 

Squire Isaac Thompson's, Islip, Sagtikos Manor, night 
of 21st. 

Capt. Roe's Tavern, Setauket, night of 22d. 

Widow Blydenburg's, Smithtown, baited horses morn- 
ing of 23d. 

Widow Piatt's, Huntington, s. e. corner Park avenue 
and Main street, dined — 23d. 

Rogers homestead spring, Rogers Road to Cold Spring 
Harbor, party stopped to drink — 23d. 

Cold Spring Harbor school-house — 'west side — party 

stopped and all helped to raise timbers — 23d. 
Youngs' house. Oyster Bay, 1662, night of 23d. 



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11. President Washington spent night here, April 23, 1790. 



Early Long Island Houses. 

12. Barnabas Horton, 1640, Southold. 
*xl3, a-f. Lady Moody, 1645, Gravesend. 

14. Col. John Youngs, 1647, Southold. 
xl5. Bergen, 1655, 72d street. Bergen Beach. 
xl6, a-b. Schenck, 1656, Mill Id., Flatbush. 
16%. Lawrence Homestead, 1645, Flushing (Bayside). 
Additions 1783, 1880. 
xl7. Lawrence, 1656, College Point. 

18. de Sille, 1657, New Utrecht. 

19, a-b. Titus, 1658, Cold Spring Harbor. 
x20, a-b. Garretson, 1659. Flushing. 




Thomas Sayre, Southampton. Built 1648. Demolished 1912. 



21. Rudyard, 1660, Cold Spring Harbor. 

22. a-c. Payne-Buek, 1660, East Hampton. 

23. Townsend-Jones-Burtis, 1660, Oyster Bay. 
x24, a-b, Sprong. 1661, Flushing Cemetery. 
x25, a-d. Bo'wne, 1661, Flus'hing. 

26. Mulford, 1666, Orient. 

27. Stone House at Gowanus. 1669. 

28. a-^d. Sammls-Weld, West Neck, Huntington, 1675-1725. 

29. Chichester, 1675, West Hills. 

30. Suydam, 1680, Flushing. 
x31. Eldert, 1681, New Lots. 

32, a-b. Searing, 1683, PlusWttg. 

33. Jones, 1696, Fort Neck, Massapequa. 
x34, a-b. Moore, Bowery Bay, L. I. City. 
x35, a-b. Blackwell, 1700, L. I. City. 
x36. Covert, 1700, English Hill (Maspeth). 
x37. Remsen, 1700, Black Stump Road, Flushing. 




18. Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull died here Sept. 20, 1776. 

x38. Van Pelt, 1700, New Utrecht. 

39. Rogers (Zop'iiar, last) 1700, Dix Hills Road. NorthporL. 
*40, a-f. Wood, 1700, East Hampton. 

41, a-b. Conklln, 1698, 1710 (?) West Deer Park. 
*42, a-f. Townsend-Winmill, Mill Neck. 

43. Denton, East Setauket, oldest tliere. 

44. Benj. Thompson Birthplace, 1709, Setauket. 

45. Biggs, Setauket, on mill pond, 1698. 

46. Brewster-Davis, East Setauket, middle 18th century. 

47. Jayne-Sherwood, Setauket. 

48. Edward H. Brush, East Setauket, 1825. 

49. SL-'i. Mount, 1700, Stony Brook. 

50. Judge Wm. Buffet, 1750, Sunken Meadow. 

51. a-b. Elias Piatt, 1760, Sunken Meadow. 
x52. Debevoise, Early ISt'h Cent, L. I. City. 
x53. Tunis Brinckerhoff, 1721, L. I. City. 
x54. Isaac Brinckerhoff, 1726, L. I. City. 

55, Pipes Neck, Greenport. 

56, a-c. Sammis (Silas b. there 1731) Upper West Neck, 

Huntington. 

57, a-c. John Hewlett II, 1734, Woodbury. 
*58. Sylvester Manor, 1737, Shelter Island. 

59, a-g. Townsend, Raynham Hall, 1740, Oyster Bay. 
x60, a-b. Bragaw, 1744, L. I. City. 

61. Melrose Hall, 1749, Brooklyn. 
*6iy2, a-c. Dutch Honses, Flatbush. 

62. Gould-McDougall-Rogers, Main Street, Huntington. 

63. Silas Wood Birthplace— b. 1769, West Hills. 

64. a-b, Silas Wood's last Home — d. 1847 — Paik Avenue, 

Huntington. 



65. At Wading River. 

66. St. George's Manor, 1760, Setauket. Second, 1845. 

67. a-e. Van Wyck-Weeks-Hall, 1760. West Neck Avenue, 

Huntington. 

68. a-b. Conklin-Huntington Historical Society, 1760. 

69. Hewlett-Jones-Kent, 1762, Cold Spring Harbor. 

70. a-b. Lloyd Manor, 1764, Lloyds Neck. 

71. Gardiner's Island Manor, 1776^ 

72. a-c. Lefferts, pre-Revolution, Flatbush. 

73. Ditmars, Flatlands. 

74. a-c. Tryon Hall, Fort Neck House, 1770, Massapequa. 

75. Eliphalet Bunce-Wood, South Northport. 

x76. "Three Tuns" — Tavern — Jericho Turnpike, 1779. 

77. At Amagansett. 

78. a-g. Martin-Hewlett, Rock Hall, 1785, Lawrence. 

79. Prince, 1790, Flushing. 

80. a-i. Jones Group, 1790-1857-1913, Cold Spring Harbor. 

81. a-c. Webb, 1790, East Marion. 

82. W. J. Whipple, i^^OS, Cold Spring Harbor. I S '^O 

83. Strong, 1792, Oakwood, Port Jefferson. 

84. a-d. St. George's Rectory, 1793, Hempstead. 

85. a-j. Carll-Doscher, 1795, Dix Hills. 

86. Jacob Smith-Stimson, 1795, West Hills. 

87. a-d. Skidmore, before 1800, Black Stump. 

88. Phillips-Robinson, before 1800, Smithtown. 

89. Capt. Richard Conklin, 1799, Cold Spring Harbor. 
x90. Van Pelt, 1800, Ridge Road, L. I. City. 

90%, a-c. Napeague Beach Houses. 

91, a-b. Anna Halsey, 1800, Watermill. 

92, a-b. Rogers-Hackney-Munroe-Parker, 1820. Cold Spring 

Harbor-Huntington Road. See Washington's Tour. 

93, a-c. Samuel J. Willis, 1800, Roslyn. 

x94. Mitchell, N. Hempstead Turnpike, Manhasset. 

95. Caleb Smith, Commack. 

96. King's Manor, 1806. Jamaica. 

97, a-c. Walt Whitman-Watson, ISIO, West Hills. 

98, a-b. Vail, Smithtown. 

99 Thos. Hallock-Turrell, Smithtown Tavern in 1825. 

100. a-b. George Hewlett, Great Neck. 

101. At Locust Valley. 

102. On Hauppauge Road at Smithtown. 

103. Hubbs-Arnold, Smithtown Branch. 

104. Judge Smith, Smithtown Branch. 

105. Henry Smith, n. e. corner Main street and New York 

Avenue, Huntington. 

106. a-g. Smith-Prime-Wood-Fullerton-Downer, Huntington. 

107. Barto, West Babylon. 

108. Elbert Carll, Babylon. 

109. Higbie Lane School, West Islip. 

110. Edwards-Gotman, North Babylon. 



111. 

112. 
113. 
114. 
115. 
116. 
117. 
118. 
119. 
120, 
xl21. 
122. 
123. 
124. 



125, 

126, 
127, 
128. 
129, 
130, 
131, 

*132, 
133, 

*134. 



Powell, West Babylon. 
Hewlett, Cold Spring Harbor. 
Bake Sbop, Cold Spring Harbor. 
Lawrence, "Willow Bank," Flushing, 1836. 
Flushing Institute. 

Conklin-Klots-Hewlett, West Neck, Huntington. 
Gilbert P. Williams-Brush, 1839, Huntington. 
Hartough-Aitkin, 1840, Huntington. 
Oakley-Stuart. 1845, Huntington, 
a-b. Ray-Hurd-Hendrickson, 1850, Huntington. 
Bodine Castle, 1849, L. I. City. 
At Manhasset. 

Prime, 1860-1918, Heckscher Park site, Huntington. 
August Belmont, Hempstead. 



Late Long Island Houses, 
a-b. The home of President Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, 

Oyster Bay, 1885. 
a-b. Derby-Matheson, Lloyds Neck, 
a-d. Stanley-Brown, Cold Spring Harbor. 

Torrey-Young, Huntington. 
a-c. Ralph Peters, Garden City. 

Woolwort'h, Glen Cove. 
a-b. Louis deLancy Ward, West Neck, 1909. 

T. L. Woodruff. Garden City. 
a-e. L'Ecluse, East Neck, Huntington, 
a-d. Schieren, Great Neck. 




44. Benjamin F. Thompson, Historian of Long Island, born 
here Ma" 15, 1734. Died March 21, 1849. 



*135, a-d. J. R. Robinson, Westbury. 
*136, a-k. The Development of the Bungalow. 
*137, a-b. George D. Pratt, Glen Cove. 
*138. Herbert L. Pratt, Glen Cove. 
*139. John T. Pratt, Glen Cove. 
*140. A. S. Burden, Jericho. 
141. Marshall Fry, Southampton. 




70. Second Lloyd Manor — 1764. 



Locust Valley. 



*142. Bradley-Martin, Westbury. 
*143, a-b. Gates, "Dormer House, 
*144. Cockcroft, East Hampton. 

Delano, Syosset. 

"Snnnyside," Hewlett, L. I. 

At Kew. 

At Locust Valley. 

At Belle Terre, Port Jefferson (Norwegian). 
John H. J. Stewart, Cold Spring Harbor. 



*145. 
*146. 
*147. 
*148. 
*149. 

149%. 
*150. H. P. Davidson, Glen Cove. 

150%. Walter Jennings, Cold Spring Harbor. 
*151. Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jericho. 

152. Roland R. Conklin, West Neck, Huntington. 

153. George McKesson Brown, West Neck, Huntington. 

Estate and setting from an aeroplane. 

154. Dr. R. C. Brush, 1918, Huntington. 

155. a-b. Francis M. Weld, West Neck, Huntington. 

156. Charles E. Burling, 1920, Centerport. 

157. Charles H. Van Nostrand. 1920, Floral Park. 
157%. Group of Eleven. 1920, Garden City Estates. 



Old Churches. 

158. Caroline, Episcopal, 1730, Setauket. 
xl59. St. John's, Episcopal, 1769, Oakdale. 

160, First Presbyterian, 1784. Huntington. 

161, a-c. St. John's, Episcopal, Huntington. 

162, a-c. Methodist, Huntington. 

163, First (Presbyterian) 1803, Southold. 

164, a-b. First Presbyterian, 1716-1895, Elnihurst 

165, Methodist, Hempstead. 

166, a-c. First Presbyterian, Hempstead. 
xl67. St. George's, 1822, Hempstead 

168. Cathedral, Garden City, set oft" from Hempstead par- 

ish. Corner-stone laid 1877. 

169. a-e. Presbyterian. 1827, Smithtown 

170. Methodist, Hauppauge. 

171. a-b. Presbyterian, 1844, Sag Harbor 

17^' w /°'^'''^ ^^Pi«c«Pal. 1836. Cold Spring Harbor. 
I7d. Wading Rjiver. 

X174. Quaker Meeting House, 1694. Flushing 
175. Manhasset Quaker Meeting House. 



Mills. 



176. 



Agroupof water-power mills: X (a) Garretsou's Fla^- 
bush, 1636; x(b) Kip-Jackson, L. I. City. 1657- (c) 
Smithtown 1720; (d) Platt-Smith, Huntington, i752- 
(e) Lefferts, Huntington; (f) Townsend-Titus Cen- 

mT^''\''' ''''' Washington; (h) Babylon. 
(1) Meadow Brook Paper Mill; (j) Yaphank- (k 
Cold Spring Harbor. 

\ZTr1 ^'"Vlf '"'''''■ «°"^'^-"^Pton. Amagansett. 
Shelter Island, Wainscott. East Hampton (3) Hay 
Ground. Water Mill. Bridgehampton. Also 29 large 
photographs-interiors-showing details of mechan- 



178. Group of architectural details 

179. Group of house types adopted or worthy of adoptic 

by Long Island. luupuc 



The Society acknowledges with tlianks pictures for this 
exhibition. 

Gifts: From Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, 125; Mr. Jeremian 
Robbins of Babylon, 5, 41, 95, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 74, 175; Mr. 
C. A. King, of Jamaica, 96; Mr. L. W. Taft, 39, 56, 75; Mr. F. 
H. Lockwood, 92, 123; Mrs. M. C. S. Symonds; Mrs. J. O. 
Hendrickson; Huntington Lumber and Coal Co. 

Loans: Besides from the many who, upon request, sent 
photographs of their homes; from Doubleday and Page, all 
marked *; from Mr. N. J. Van Riper, of Long Island City, all 
marked x; Colonial Dames New York State, 18, 72: Mrs. J. 
G. Huntting, 12; Mr. A. B. Sammis, 28, 106, 154, 156. 
157; Mr. O. B. Ackerly, of Yonkers. 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 
158; Mr. Edward P. Buffet, 49, 50, 51, 90%, 177; Mrs. C. F. 
Van Sise, 86; Mrs. Charlotte Lewis, 89; Mr. S. W. Cooper, of 
Darien, Ct, 41; Mr. H. B. Fullerton. 77. 98, 106, 122, 127, 129; 
Mrs. G. C. Hendrickson, 120; Mrs. M. C. S. Symonds, 11-9; 
Mrs. Joseph H. Willets, 57 and many others; Mrs. Ethelberi 
Arthur, Smithtown views; Mr Neergaard, Garden City Es- 
tates, 15714; Mr. Henry W. Kent, 57; Mrs. Effingham Law- 
rence, Sr., 161/2. 



Sylvester Manor. 



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